Jeans, with its cultural values has always been part of the history of costume; Many volumes has been written about it and to bring up the concept now would be unnecessary.

I rather focus on the fashion side of denim ( proper name of the fabric that jeans are made of). Magazines in the 80s were filled with editorials about jeans, proposing total looks all over the place; fashion designers as well as Armani, Ferre’, Valentino, Venturi, Moschino and all of the highest brands of those years , has been creating special collections made of denim. Since then, jeans have lost its original feature and found itself being thrown on the other side of the barricade, from being a revolutionary object to becoming an object of desire, with a well displayed logo. That was almost thirty years ago and I still find it despicable to see anyone wearing denim head to toe. I rather to see a classic jacket optimized by a denim shirt. On the other hand, I’m not impressed by blue jeans with jackets: I generally frown upon that look and in the best case scenario it just leaves me uninterested. Picture from a 2012 Style editorial. Louis Vuitton jacket with a denim shirt. Original picture by Gianluca Fontana.

Alessandro Calascibetta has been active in fashion since the late 80s. He started off his career at L'Uomo Vogue, after that with Mondo Uomo. Afterward, he became Fashion Director at Harper's Bazaar Uomo, and in 2000 founded Uomo which he directed until 2003. Following that, he started collaborating with Rizzoli. Since january 2015 he is the Editor in Chief of Style Magazine, and still remains as Man Fashion Director for Io Donna and Sette.